Marble game



K. RAYBURN Nov. 26, 1940.

MAR'BLE GAME INVENTOR Patented Nov. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARBLE GAME Kitty Rayburn, Denton, Tex.

Application August 1, 1938, Serial No. 222,439

1 Claim.

The present invention is directed to improvements in games of the type wherein marbles are used as the game pieces.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a game of this kind which is simple in construction, can be manufactured at a small cost, and while of simple construction some skill will be required for playing the game.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game so constructed that a master marble or toy is used by the players to be projected to strike a secondary marble placed upon the playing table, with the objective of not only causing the secondary marble to count as a scoring medium, but the master marble as well.

With these and other objects in View, this invention resides in the novel features of construc-' tion, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan the device.

Referring to the drawing, I designates a rectangular box having a bottom 2, a rear wall 3, side walls 4 and a front wall 5 of a depth less than that of the rear wall 3.

- Within the box is an inclined floor 6, formed by the blank, so numbered in Figure '3. It will be observed in this figure particularly that the blank 6 is provided with flaps l, whoseouter ends a are so cut as to conform to the inclination of the floor 6 when the latter is operatively .placed in the box and these out ends of the flaps will rest flush upon the bottom of the box, when the blank is bent upon dotted line b, as apparent in Figure 2. When so disposed, the forward end of the floor 6 will abut against the front wall 5 at the point where the latter joins the bottom 2.

The blank 6 or floor, is formed with cut-away portions 8 on either side thereof and form slots when the floor is operatively disposed in the box, the purpose of which will presently become apparent.

view of the inclined floor of A table or playing surface 9 has its side edges l0 turned downward snugly against the inner surfaces of the box walls 4 to extend through the slots formed by the cut-away portions 8 in the floor 6, thus holding the assembly securely in place. It will be noted that, the ends of the table 9 terminate short of the ends of the box and, near the rear end of the table, aseries ofv holes Illa are provided and spaced apart, while near the forward or playing end of the table, a smaller aperture II is provided.

In playing the game, the player places a marble l2 on the aperture H as a starting point and thumps the marble toward the rear end of the table or playing surface 9 and attempts to cause the marble to enter a selected one of the series of holes Ill, which may be markedwith scoring indicia. Should the player fail to enter any one of the holes 100., the marble will fall off the rear end of the table 9 and onto the inclined floor 6, which it will do in either case, and will, thereby, be returned to the front or playing end of the device, to be received and replayed, as described.

What is claimed is:

A marble game apparatus comprising a rectangular box havinga bottom, side walls and rear end wall of equal height and a front wall of lesser height than said rear wall, an inclined floor comprised of a blank having opposed flaps formed on one end and bent to define supports for the rear end of said floor when the latter is operatively disposed in said box, whereby the forward end of said floor will lie at a lower level than the rear end, the floor blank being likewise cut-away on either side edge to define slots between the side walls and said blank when the latter is disposed to form a floor in said box; a playing surface having side edges extending through said slots and resting on the bottom of said box, said playing surface having an aperture for retaining a marble preparatory to playing and a series of spaced holes in the rearward end of said playing surface for receiving a marble projected from said aperture.

KITTY RAYBURN. 

